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CRA SPRINT CARS
KNOXVILLE RACEWAY - KNOXVILLE, IA
MAY 11, 1991
*Thanks to Bill Wright.
Griffin Makes it Two in a Row in CRA
Knoxville Sprints
by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, Iowa (May 11) - The seventh annual California Racing
Association (CRA) Tour of Champions completed its second night of
competition at the Knoxville Raceway Saturday night and Richard
Griffin gave an encore performance in his wingless CRA sprinter.
Griffin, who had captured the preliminary feature a mere twenty-four
hours earlier, guided his Gambler sprinter from a fourth row starting
position to take the lead from Ron Shuman just past the half-way
point. Once in front he was able to extend his margin over Shuman, the
1979 Knoxville Nationals Champion.
When the checkereds fell on lap 30, Griffin laid claim to a straight
away advantage as well as a $5,000 check for the top spot. Shuman held
off a hard charging Billy Boat to take second, Bubby Jones was fourth
and Rip Williams finished fifth.
TIME TRIALS (Qualifying Order):
1. 29, Richard Griffin, Silver City, NM (14) 18.883 (NTR); 2. 6, Billy
Boat, Phoenix, AZ (6) 18.895; 3. 24, Bubby Jones, Glen Avon, CA (25)
19.209; 4. 2, Ron Shuman, Tempe, AZ (19) 19.216; 5. 1, Rip Williams,
Yorba Linda, CA (23) 19.242; 6. 45, Harlan Willis, Ventura, CA (3)
19.305; 7. 5, Steve Ostling, Bellflower, CA (7) 19.324; 8. 66, Mike
Jones, Hartford, SD (20) 19.328; 9. 91, Lealand McSpadden, Tempe, AZ
(5) 19.347; 10. 98, Verne Sweeney, Lomita, CA (12) 19.451; 11. 75,
Gary Howard, Rancho Cucamonga, CA (26) 19.523; 12. 16L, Leonard Lee,
Spring Valley, CA (15) 19.534; 13. 67, Carl Shockley, Montclair, CA
(11) 19.652; 14. 20, Dennis Rodriguez Jr., Fountain Valley, CA (13)
19.664; 15. 81, Jon Stanbrough, Danville, IN (18) 19.678; 16. 31, Sid
Blandford Jr., Vail, CO (2) 19.741; 17. 0K, Don O'Keefe Jr., Union
City, CA (24) 19.795; 18. 47x, Cary Faas, Yorba Linda, CA (9-scratch,
28) 19.815; 19. 3Y, Danny Young, Des Moines, IA (21) 19.862; 20. 42,
Mark Sokola, Huntington Beach, CA (22) 19.908; 21. 14, Brian Campbell,
Glendale, CA (16) 19.962; 22. 61, Gary Bland, El Cajon, CA (1) 20.155;
23. 37, Mike Thomas, Des Moines, IA (4) 20.306; 24. 52, Walt Esch, Des
Moines, IA (27) 20.358; 25. 32, Don Tucker, Hawthorne, CA (10) 20.773;
26. 56B, Rick Becker, Sun Prairie, WI (8) 26.670; 27. 1K, Kim Kennedy,
Faucett, MO (17) NT.
TROPHY DASH (started), 3 laps, :58.9:
1. Ron Shuman (2) 2. Bubby Jones (1) 3. Billy Boat (3) 4. Richard
Griffin (4)
HEAT RACE 1 (started), 10 laps, 3:22.9:
1. Ron Shuman (5) 2. Richard Griffin (6) 3. Sid Blandford Jr. (1) 4.
Danny Young (7) / 5. Steve Ostling (4) 6. Verne Sweeney (3) 7. Gary
Bland (8) 8. Carl Shockley (2) DNS - Don Tucker
HEAT RACE 2 (started), 10 laps, 3:28.7:
1. Billy Boat (6) 2. Gary Howard (3) 3. Rip Williams (5) 4. Mike Jones
(4) / 5. Dennis Rodriguez Jr. (2) 6. Mike Thomas (8) 7. Mark Sokola
(7) 8. Don O'Keefe Jr. (1) DNS - Rick Becker
HEAT RACE 3 (started), 10 laps, 3:27.2:
1. Harlan Willis (5) 2. Cary Faas (1) 3. Bubby Jones (6) 4. Lealand
McSpadden (4) / 5. Jon Stanbrough (2) 6. Leonard Lee (3) 7. Walt Esch
(8) 8. Brian Campbell (7) DNS - Kim Kennedy
B-MAIN (started), 12 laps, 4:19.1:
1. Leonard Lee (3) 2. Verne Sweeney (2) 3. Mark Sokola (8) 4. Steve
Ostling (1) 5. Dennis Rodriguez Jr. (5) 6. Don O'Keefe Jr. (7) 7. Jon
Stanbrough (6) 8. Carl Shockley (4) / 9. Mike Thomas (11) 10. Gary
Bland (10) 11. Brian Campbell (9) 12. Walt Esch (12) 13. Don Tucker
(13) DNS - Rick Becker, Kim Kennedy
A-MAIN (started), 30 laps, NT:
1. Richard Griffin (8) 2. Ron Shuman (5) 3. Billy Boat (7) 4. Bubby
Jones (6) 5. Rip Williams (4) 6. Lealand McSpadden (9) 7. Cary Faas
(12) 8. Steve Ostling (2) 9. Gary Howard (11) 10. Mark Sokola (14) 11.
Verne Sweeney (10) 12. Jon Stanbrough (19) 13. Harlan Willis (3) 14.
Dennis Rodriguez Jr. (17) 15. Don OKeefe Jr. (16) 16. Mike Jones
(1) 17. Sid Blandford Jr. (13) 18. Carl Shockley (18) 19. Danny Young
(15) DNS - Leonard Lee.
Lap Leaders: Shuman, Griffin 16-30.
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